Firmus, supported by Nvidia, seeks $10 billion in funding for AI chip development
Nvidia-backed Firmus is seeking $10 billion in financing to develop artificial intelligence chips.
2026-09-23
Binance will close UAH deposit and withdrawal services and delist the USDT/UAH spot trading pair
Binance will close UAH deposit and withdrawal services via the fiat trading platform at 15:00 on September 28, and delist the USDT/UAH spot trading pair. Remaining eligible UAH balances will be automatically converted to USDT at a fixed rate of 1 USDT to 46.5 UAH before 00:00 on October 1. All times are in UTC+8.
Binance Perps will list OURAUSDT U-quoted Pre-IPO perpetual futures
Binance's futures platform will list OURAUSDT U-base Pre-IPO Perps on September 23 at 16:30, with maximum leverage of up to 20x.Reaching a record high, Hyperliquid's open interest hits $18 billion
Odaily Report: Open interest on Hyperliquid has reached $18 billion, setting a new all-time high.
Grayscale will transform its Bitcoin mining company ETF into an AI computing power ETF, with the ticker symbol changed to GCPU
Grayscale (Grayscale) official announcement, its Grayscale Bitcoin Miners ETF under its portfolio will be renamed to Grayscale AI Compute ETF, with the NYSE trading code changing from MNRS to GCPU, and the tracked index shifting from the Indxx Bitcoin Miners Index to the Indxx High-Performance Computing Index. The fund will invest in companies building and operating AI infrastructure, with approximately half of its holdings in native AI compute enterprises, and the remainder in publicly committed digital infrastructure operators transitioning into AI businesses, including those transitioning from bitcoin mining.Legislative Council Member Duncan Chiu: Hong Kong's New Digital Asset Licensing Ordinance Expected to Pass by Year-End or Early Next Year
PANews, September 23 - Hong Kong Legislative Council member (Technology and Innovation Constituency) Duncan Chiu said in a keynote speech at the 2026 Shanghai International Blockchain Week and the 12th Global Blockchain Summit that the new licensing regime ordinance covering virtual asset trading services, custody, and more is expected to be submitted to the Legislative Council for discussion in the second half of this year, with a goal of passing it in the second half of this year or early next year, at which point Hong Kong's digital asset-related licensing requirements will be largely clarified. He also said that the setback of the U.S. CLARITY Act is more favorable to Hong Kong in the long run; currently, two licensed stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong are testing different application scenarios.Memory Stocks Lead, Nasdaq Hits a Record: Wall Street’s Fear of Missing Out on AI Returns
After a summer correction, technology stocks are back at the center of market attention.
Bitcoin could achieve a July-to-September consecutive increase for the first time since 2012; after 2012 it first fell 9.7% and then rose by over 2,000%
Bitcoin is currently on track to achieve the first consecutive July-to-September gains since 2012. After a similar pattern in 2012, Bitcoin fell 9.7% in October of that year and then rose more than 2,000% from that month’s low. (CoinDesk)Odaily Morning Brief
1. After losing $35.44 million, Garrett Jin lost another $79,000 on his ZEC long position;
2. CFTC investigates Kalshi for wash trading, platform denies fraudulent transactions;
3. A whale bought $400 million worth of HYPE in the past month, and purchased another 373,700 tokens today;
4. Cambodia exposes its largest telecom fraud hub "Compound No. 8" for the first time: Huione Pay was once based there and has ties to Prince Group;
5. An address withdrew 1 million UNI, worth $10.07 million;
6. SoftBank launches massive junk bond issuance to fund AI expansion;
7. Holdings approach $1 billion, Tesla's Bitcoin position unchanged for 4 years.
Solana's Alpenglow upgrade enters public testnet, targeting transaction finality reduced to 150 milliseconds
The Alpenglow upgrade for the Solana blockchain network has entered public testnet, with developers set to test reducing transaction finality from approximately 13 seconds to 0.15 seconds, or 150 milliseconds.
The upgrade will replace Solana's existing TowerBFT consensus system with Votor, allowing validators to confirm blocks through one or two rounds of direct voting, though the way users send funds will not change.
The initial testnet migration requires Agave 4.3, and Firedancer or Frankendancer are not yet supported. The September 28 mainnet update remains a tentative arrangement and is not a confirmed launch date for Alpenglow.
Secretary General of the Luohan Academy, Alibaba Research Institute: The integration of AI Tokens and blockchain tokens will give rise to a new paradigm of 'Intelligent Chain Finance'
Chen Long, Secretary-General of Luohan Academy, delivered a speech titled "The Third Wave of Fintech Driven by Two Types of Tokens" at the 12th Global Blockchain Summit, proposing that AI Tokens (units of thought) and blockchain tokens (units of trust) are converging, giving rise to a new paradigm of "Intelligent Chain Finance." Everything can be regarded as a trusted asset and enabled for continuous trading and allocation through intelligent agents. Chen Long cited examples: Anthropic is productizing financial capabilities, with its latest model enabling intelligent agents to operate computers at a professional level; Meta has launched an AI shopping agent capable of autonomous purchasing and payment; Robinhood is aggregating traditional assets and on-chain assets to expand intelligent agent trading; Stripe is building a value chain covering payments, billing, and model orchestration through acquisitions. Chen Long stated that the integration of AI and blockchain is an irreversible trend. In the future, everyone can entrust their assets to intelligent agents for round-the-clock management, breaking through limitations of time, space, amount, and asset categories, achieving secure and worry-free asset allocation.Russia plans to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, with illegal operations potentially facing criminal liability
On September 23, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov stated that Russia will promote the establishment of a transparent and legal cryptocurrency market. The country has approximately 20 million cryptocurrency users, with total investment by residents amounting to about 3.7 trillion rubles, and daily transaction volume reaching around 50 billion rubles. The minimum own funds requirement for non-bank cryptocurrency exchange operators has been reduced to 15 million rubles; starting July 1, 2027, organizations conducting cryptocurrency circulation without authorization may face criminal liability, but individuals disposing of their own cryptocurrency assets are exempt from this. Russia will also require tax residents to report cryptocurrency transactions outside the regulatory system and is studying the feasibility of issuing a domestic stablecoin.Binance Futures introduces new ARB/U, ENA/USD1 trading pairs
Binance's margin trading now supports ARB/U and ENA/USD1 trading pairs.Chiu Ta-kan: Hong Kong will submit a bill on regulatory framework for four types of virtual asset service providers within the year
At the 12th Global Blockchain Summit, Hong Kong Legislative Council member (Technology and Innovation sector) Chiu Ta-kin stated that Hong Kong will submit a draft bill to the Legislative Council by 2026 targeting four categories of virtual asset service providers: virtual asset trading service providers, custodial service providers, advisory service providers, and management service providers. He pointed out that Hong Kong's first five-year plan has already covered stablecoins, central bank digital currencies, tokenization, and blockchain applications, and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's 'Fintech 2030' strategy also proposes promoting financial tokenization, including leading demonstration projects on RWA tokenization under the authority of the HKMA, and driving use cases for tokenized deposits and digital asset settlement through the Ensemble project. Chiu Ta-kin said that the next step for Hong Kong's Web3 finance development requires coordination among participants, legislation, and products, with key priorities including making Hong Kong-issued stablecoins attractive to sufficient users and serving as a payment and settlement medium, as well as leveraging RWA to unlock traditionally inefficiently traded assets; Hong Kong is also advancing further collaboration with mainland China in areas such as data interoperability, cross-border blockchain finance, and renminbi internationalization.BTC breaks above $87,000, up 0.71% intraday
According to OKX market data, BTC has just broken above $87,000 and is now trading at $87,034.70 per coin, up 0.71% intraday.BTC breaks above 87,000 USDT, up 1.72% in 24H
Odaily reports, according to OKX market data, BTC has broken above 87,000 USDT, currently trading at 87,034.7 USDT, up 1.72% in 24H.According to TASS, Russia has around 20 million crypto users with total holdings estimated at RUB 3.7 trillion ($44 billion), while daily crypto transaction volume stands at roughly RUB 50 billion ($5
Chebeskov said Russian tax residents will be required to report crypto transactions conducted outside the country’s regulated framework to the Federal Tax Service. If foreign issuers freeze assets such as USDT or USDC for reasons beyond the control of Russian depositories, investors will bear the resulting losses.
A whale bought $400 million worth of HYPE in the past month, and purchased another 373,700 tokens today
According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale bought 373,700 HYPE today, worth $36 million. Over the past month, this whale has accumulated 4.7 million HYPE, worth $400 million.
US-China investment disagreements hinder Chinese business leaders from accompanying Xi Jinping on the visit to the US
The disagreement between Washington and Beijing over potential investment announcements has created obstacles for the Chinese business delegation accompanying President Xi Jinping on his state visit to the United States. According to informed sources, the two sides have yet to reach an agreement on an investment committee, particularly regarding possible Chinese investments in the U.S., leading to uncertainty about the delegation's participation. Xi is expected to arrive in Washington on Wednesday, and the window for these Chinese business leaders to travel is rapidly narrowing. The report was written by Nayan Seth in Washington and Ji Siqi in Beijing.Traditional asset management and family offices are returning to the crypto market, with single option portfolio transactions reaching several billion dollars in scale.
Lin Chen, Head of APAC Business at Deribit, posted on X that some traditional large asset management institutions and high-net-worth clients/family offices have recently increased their allocations to the crypto market again, with single trades reaching several billion dollars. He said that these institutions mainly allocate through derivatives, especially option strategies, to manage position risk and exposure, and that these clients re-entered after about a year of waiting.